Mobile telephone satellites launched into space

Globalstar's satellite fleet has four new members after a Russian Soyuz rocket launched the replacement communication platforms Saturday to bolster the company's aging constellation. The Soyuz launched at 2012 GMT (4:12 p.m. EDT) from Complex 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three-stage booster and an attached Fregat upper stage rocketed into space and released the four satellites about 100 minutes after liftoff. More

(Source: SpaceFlightNow.com - Oct 22)